It can grow to two foot at most and is a colour that has not come over very well in the photos. A sort of blue-grey tinted green, willowish dare I say.
No it's not a puzzle, I do not know and would like to.
What's my weed?
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I get loads of this every year.
It can grow to two foot at most and is a colour that has not come over very well in the photos. A sort of blue-grey tinted green, willowish dare I say.
No it's not a puzzle, I do not know and would like to.
It can grow to two foot at most and is a colour that has not come over very well in the photos. A sort of blue-grey tinted green, willowish dare I say.
No it's not a puzzle, I do not know and would like to.
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Hi Peter,
It looks very much like Fat Hen but is certainly from the Chenopodium (Goose Foot) family of weeds. It may turn out to be Orache but if you allow it to seed you will have it forever and a day. It is edidle at the young stage (as shown) and Orache is reputed to have been brought here by the Romans as a source of food.
It looks very much like Fat Hen but is certainly from the Chenopodium (Goose Foot) family of weeds. It may turn out to be Orache but if you allow it to seed you will have it forever and a day. It is edidle at the young stage (as shown) and Orache is reputed to have been brought here by the Romans as a source of food.
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Good morning Peter, they look like fat hen to me to.
The good thing about this weed it's easy to pull the large ones out and hoe the smaller ones, unless your ground is very heavy.
On the theme of the Romans, you could always make a Caesar salad from it.
Sorry about that i couldn't resist it.
Kind regards Old Herbaceous.
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The good thing about this weed it's easy to pull the large ones out and hoe the smaller ones, unless your ground is very heavy.
On the theme of the Romans, you could always make a Caesar salad from it.
Sorry about that i couldn't resist it.
Kind regards Old Herbaceous.
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I don't know what it is called, but I do know I had a sudden invasion of it from a batch of manure a couple of years ago, that wasn't as well rotted as I thought and hadn't heated up enough to kill the weed seeds!
It's made an appearance ever since....lesson learnt about waiting and stacking manure for a while!
It's made an appearance ever since....lesson learnt about waiting and stacking manure for a while!
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Thanks for that.
But it is NOT easy to pull up on my clay, it breaks within an inch of the ground.
But it is NOT easy to pull up on my clay, it breaks within an inch of the ground.
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I have that problem too Peter,I find you have to catch it early and just scrape a hoe across it as the stumps of big ones re-grow and it cuts your fingers rather than let go of the clay if you try to pull it!